Konrad Wirnhier
Konrad "Conny" Wirnhier (born July 7, 1937 in Pfarrkirchen ; † June 2, 2002 ) was a German sports shooter . At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , he became Olympic champion in the discipline of skeet shooting, a form of clay target shooting .
Life
The master gunsmith , who comes from Pfarrkirchen, has been running a hunting and sporting weapons store in Munich-Hochbrück since 1982, where the Olympic shooting range is also located. Wirnhier came from a gunsmith family and began his sporting career in 1959 with the target sport. He was a visionary and self-taught shotgun shooting. In addition to his numerous sporting successes, Wirnhier developed his own shooting technique in shotgun shooting, the so-called synchronous technique, during the 1960s. With this easy-to-learn elementary school for shotgun shooting, he laid a milestone in the training of beginners. Wirnhier thus built up the junior squad of sport shooters. His self-developed shotgun series for hunting and sport also brought him numerous successes. He died on June 2, 2002 after a long illness.
Sporting successes
- 1961 to 1969 and 1972 to 1973 - German champion
- 1965 - World Champion Santiago de Chile
- 1967 - World Champion Bologna
- 1968 - Olympic Games Bronze Medal Mexico City
- 1968 - European champion
- 1972 - Gold Medal Olympic Games Munich
Awards
- His hometown named a street after him after his death.
- The award ceremony area of the Hochbrück Olympic shooting range is called Conny-Wirnhier-Platz
Web links
- Konrad Wirnhier in the Munzinger archive
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wirn here, Konrad |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wirn here, Conny |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German marksman |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Parish churches |
DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 2002 |